This live version of Leslie West’s “Long Red,” played with Mountain live at Woodstock, is given new life again and again—and not from being streamed. This live version is a crack hit for countless producers and DJs for one reason: West’s introductory intro, which is not in the studio recording, alon...
[Intro]
Y'out there?
Louder!
Well, clap your hands to what he's doing
On tempo, yeah
Yeah!
[Verse 1]
Long red
Flowing through my mind
Dream here, dreamin' there
Two pieces all the time
Sobered
Wisdom is in my dreams
Bits and pieces in my arms
This is always what it seems
[Chorus]
Long red
Helpin' you to find a day
Bright red
How am I gonna find a way?
[Post-Chorus: Guitar]
[Verse 2]
Bright red
You have changed me too
Stranger now it seems somehow
Bright red has turned to blue
Long red
Tears and shades of gray
I have changed you
I've lost forever from today
[Chorus]
Long red
Helpin' you to find a day
Bright red
How am I gonna find a way?
[Post-Chorusridge: Guitar]
[Verse 3]
Long red
Tears and shades of gray
I have changed you, I have lost
Forever from today
[Outro: Guitar]
Long Red (Live at Woodstock) was written by Felix Pappalardi & John Ventura & Norman Landsberg & Leslie West.